You Just Can't Ride the Boxcars Anymore (Demos) Songtext
von The Long Ryders

I was in Atlanta when the news came on TV
I was washing dishes just to get my meals for free
Remember grandpa talking and this he said to me
"As long as I live it′ll never happen again"

When the bullet ships arrive out west
Grandpa got us by just sweeping floors
Now everybody's leaving town
Sell the house and sell the farm
But you just can′t ride the boxcars anymore

Everybody's feeling all confused
They went to get their money and they got refused
Someone's burned First National down last night
They smashed and looted daddy′s shop downtown


And grandpa said it′d never happen again
The lesson it was learned real good before
Now everybody's leaving town
Sell the house and sell the farm
But you just can′t ride the boxcars anymore

Been looking for the few friends that I have
To see if we can hitch a ride with someone else
Hitting at least a thousand miles or so
When someone puts a knife into my back

When the bullets hop to arrive out west
Grandpa got us by just sweeping floors
Now everybody's leaving town
Sell the house and sell the farm
But you just can′t ride the boxcars anymore
Now everybody's leaving town
Sell the house and sell the farm
But you just can′t ride the boxcars anymore